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Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense January 2026 |
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The First Time I Saw Him
by Laura Dave
Five years after her husband Owen disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter Bailey have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they've forged a relationship with Bailey's grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah's new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety--and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection and as an eBook and eAudiobook.
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The Wasp Trap
by Mark Edwards
Six friends reunite in London to celebrate the life of their recently deceased ex-employer, a professor that brought them together in 1999 to help build a dating website based on psychological testing. But what is meant to be a night of bittersweet nostalgia soon becomes a twisted and deadly game. The old friends are given an ultimatum--reveal their darkest secrets to the group or pick each other off one-by-one. The love questionnaire they helped develop in 1999 for the dating site was also turned into a tool for weeding out psychopaths--The Wasp Trap. This experiment and the other tragic events of that summer long ago may help reveal the truth behind a killer hiding in plain sight--
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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Red as Royal Blood
by Elizabeth Hart
Ruby has never found a puzzle she couldn't solve. Even though she's destined to spend the rest of her life as a servant to the royal family, her mind itches for a true challenge. But no puzzle could prepare her for the king's decision to name Ruby as the next heir to the throne just before his death. Then, as if being newly crowned queen wasn't enough, she discovers a note left by the king that claims he was murdered . . . and that she might be next. With the clock winding down, she will face her most difficult challenge yet: finding the truth before the killer comes for her.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Storm
by Rachel Hawkins
Hurricane season can be murder. New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins is back with a thrilling new gothic suspense about a Gulf Coast beach motel that has survived a century of hurricanes - and has also been the site of multiple mysterious deaths.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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Fun City Heist
by Michael Kardos
Mo Melnick used to be a drummer in a rock band. He used to be someone. These days he rents beach umbrellas on the Jersey Shore. The last thing he expects is for Johnny Clay, his old bandmate turned enemy, to ask him a favor. Johnny's dying, and before he passes he wants the band to reunite for one last gig at Fun City, the beachfront amusement park where their musical journey began. Mo's in--reluctantly. But then Johnny reveals his real plan: He doesn't just want to play at Fun City on the fourth of July. He wants to rob it. The gang of middle-aged has-beens dive into what will be the most outrageous heist New Jersey's ever seen--if, that is, they can pull it off alive . . .
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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Death and the Final Cut
by G. M. Malliet
A fading Hollywood star is back in the spotlight - but for deadly reasons! Hollywood descends on Cambridge when the historic Round Church becomes a film set, starring famous - albeit fading - actress Agnes Dermont. But Agnes' big comeback quickly descends into farce - although a Viking knife turns out to be a little too real when Agnes is found with it buried in her chest. Detective Chief Inspector Arthur St. Just encounters bitter rivalries, simmering tensions and devastatingly dark secrets among the cast and crew as he investigates, but can he work out who was so determined that Agnes wouldn't make the film's final cut? This page-turning cosy mystery series is perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Simon Brett, Richard Osman, Janice Hallett, Faith Martin and Fiona Leitch.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing
by Nicholas Meyer
The game's afoot for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this latest cleverly plotted pastiche by Nicholas Meyer. In a blizzard-stricken 1890s London, Lady Glendenning hires Holmes to find her painter tenant, who's disappeared without paying the rent and left a bloody room behind. On the way to a surprising finale, the book examines art, ambition, forgery, and love. For other Victorian London mysteries, try: Charles Finch's Charles Lenox chronicles or Will Thomas' Barker and Llewelyn mysteries.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Water Lies
by Amy Meyerson
Heavily pregnant with her second child, Tessa Irons has enough on her mind without her toddler throwing tantrums at the local coffee shop. The boy is inconsolable, shouting 'Gigi!' to a woman Tessa's never seen before--and never will again. The next morning, the woman's body is dredged up from the canal outside their home, and Tessa's gut tells her it's no coincidence. Meanwhile, Barb refuses to believe that her daughter's death was just some drunken accident. She heads to California for answers, where she crosses paths with Tessa. Tessa and Barb only have each other, their intuition, and the creeping sense of danger that grows with every shocking revelation.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Birdwatcher
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
When she is convicted of a double murder, Felicity Wild, a brilliant grad student turned high-priced escort, declares, 'I may not be innocent, but I'm innocent of this.' Reenie Bigelow never doubted it. A jury may have given Felicity a life sentence, but Reenie knows that her childhood best friend is not capable of murder. And so Reenie, a journalist, decides to use her deep connections to Felicity's past to unravel the truth. The more she uncovers, the more Reenie is convinced that the story the prosecution told is wrong, despite the puzzling fact that Felicity said not one single word in her own defense. But there's one thing Reenie knows for certain: Felicity would never lie.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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The Italian Secret
by Tara Moss
An old family secret leads from the streets of Sydney to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast, in this immersive historical mystery from #1 international bestselling author Tara Moss. Pacific Ocean, 1907: A girl embarks on a journey to begin a new life far from home. Naples, 1943: A woman shelters underground from a wartime air raid, praying her husband will return home. Sydney, 1948: Billie Walker, returned from a stint as a wartime investigative journalist, uncovers a dusty box in her father's old office whose contents--correspondence with a woman on the other side of the world--just might explain how they all are connected.
This is available in our Adult Fiction collection.
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